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Balua Population - Purnia, Bihar

Balua is a medium size village located in Amour Block of Purnia district, Bihar with total 117 families residing. The Balua village has population of 653 of which 308 are males while 345 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Balua village population of children with age 0-6 is 134 which makes up 20.52 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Balua village is 1120 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Balua as per census is 1436, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Balua village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Balua village was 48.94 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Balua Male literacy stands at 50.20 % while female literacy rate was 47.74 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Balua village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Balua village.

Balua Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 117 - -
Population 653 308 345
Child (0-6) 134 55 79
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 48.94 % 50.20 % 47.74 %
Total Workers 199 163 36
Main Worker 66 - -
Marginal Worker 133 114 19

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Balua village of Purnia district.

Work Profile

In Balua village out of total population, 199 were engaged in work activities. 33.17 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 66.83 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 199 workers engaged in Main Work, 50 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 10 were Agricultural labourer.